by Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY Sports

by Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY Sports

Only one team â?? Florida State â?? ended the season with its hands clasped firmly around a crystal football. The rest, from Auburn on down, came up short of a national championship.

Yet several teams outside of FSU still had extremely successful seasons. It's all in the eye of the beholder: While Alabama's mentality was title or bust, for example, another team could view an eight-win finish the same way FSU views its first championship since 1999.

But winning the national title makes 2013 an A+ season for Florida State. What grade would your team get for its performance this fall? Let's hand out a team-by-team report card for the Football Bowl Subdivision, with grades ranging from A+ through a failing grade â?? the dreaded F.

A+

Auburn. Even with a loss to FSU, it was a season to savor for the Auburn faithful.BaylorCentral FloridaDukeFlorida State. The Seminoles aced every test that came their way.Michigan State. A school-record 13 wins and Big Ten title earns the top grade.

A

Arizona StateBall StateBuffaloClemson. Two losses came to the nation's best: FSU and South Carolina.Fresno StateLouisiana-LafayetteMissouriOklahoma. Beating Alabama in the Sugar Bowl gave OU a boost.South CarolinaTulaneUNLVVanderbilt. Nine-win seasons are becoming less and less surprising.

A-

Alabama. When all you want are titles, two losses are disappointing.Bowling GreenEast CarolinaLouisville. Cardinals drop a rung by losing the American to UCF.MinnesotaNorth TexasNorthern Illinois. Back-to-back losses hurt NIU's final grade.Ohio StateOklahoma StateRiceStanfordSouth AlabamaUCLAUSC. Not bad for a team that fired its coach in September.Utah State

B+

ArizonaAkron. One of the few places where a five-win season is celebrated.Boston CollegeCincinnatiColorado StateLSUMarshallNavy. Beating Army ensures a solid grade for the Midshipmen.OregonSan Diego StateTexas StateTexas Tech. Kingsbury's group salvages a nice grade in bowl play.UTSAWashington. Ex-coach Steve Sarkisian saved his best team for last.Washington StateWestern KentuckyWisconsin

B

Arkansas StateHouston. Eight wins for the Cougars, but none worth writing home about.IowaLouisiana-MonroeMiddle Tennessee StateMississippi. The Rebels' grade suffers for leaving a win or two on the field.NebraskaNotre DamePenn StateSyracuseTexas A&M. A&M finished fourth in the SEC West, three games out of first.

Boise State. Less than 10 wins for the first time since 2005.Georgia TechIndianaMississippi StateOregon StateTexas. Amazingly, UT still came within one win of taking the Big 12.Troy

C

Central MichiganColorado. Buffaloes took baby steps under new coach Mike MacIntyre.KansasKentucky. Off the field, at least, the new staff had a perfect season.OhioRutgersTennesseeToledo

C-

Kent StateMemphisSan Jose StateSMU. Failure to win at least six games in the American was disappointing.Utah. Three losses by a touchdown or less, but another losing season.Wake ForestWyoming

D+

Arkansas. Winless in conference play for the first time since 1942.IllinoisIowa StateNevadaNew MexicoNorth Carolina StateNorthwestern. After starting 4-0, Wildcats lost seven of last eight.TCUUTEP

D

Army. Cadets lose to Navy and eight others, but Navy most of all.HawaiiLouisiana TechNew Mexico StateSouth FloridaTempleWest Virginia. A 4-8 season dropped WVU to 11-14 as part of the Big 12.

D-

CaliforniaConnecticutEastern MichiganMichigan. This is not where Michigan thought it would be back in August.PurdueSouthern MississippiUABVirginia. Cavaliers set to bring in as many five-star recruits as wins in 2013.

F

Air ForceFlorida. Four wins, eight losses, and the program's worst season since 1979.Florida InternationalGeorgia StateIdahoMassachusettsMiami (Ohio)Tulsa. Remember when Tulsa was supposed to run away with Conference USA?Western Michigan